JoAnn

I am a homeschooling mom of four wonderful blessings and Master Playologist with SimplyFun. I'm known for my distractedness, thus the title of my blog. It's about all of the distractions in life: those that are part of homeschooling, those that distract from our homeschooling day, and everything in between. I love everything that comes with staying at home and homeschooling the kids and wouldn't trade it for anything. I love helping others and hope to encourage parents to spend time connecting with and getting to know their kids better. You can find me on Facebook (HomeschoolDistractions or JoAnnsGames), Twitter (JoAnnsGames), and Perioscope (JoAnnsGames). You can also email me at fortheloveofshiny at gmail dot com.

Scott

Scott is my husband of 16 years. He is a wonderful father and avid supporter of homeschooling. He is the sole proprietor of IT Service Works, which he established to serve the IT needs of small businesses in the Tacoma area and beyond. If you need excellent and reliable IT support, contact him.

Monday, March 10, 2008

...she corrects your errors and typos on your blog and she's only eight years old.

This is the second time Mika has publicly corrected an error on my blog. See the comments section for the last post if you want to read her admonishment to me. What's a homeschool mom to do? I could ban her from reading my blogs. I could explain, again, the concept of typos and tell her to lay off. Or I could spell check my posts and do a better job proofreading.

The last one is the best choice given that I'm trying to teach her to write well and proofread her own work. There is just one problem with that; I am often typing quickly while nursing a baby who is kicking my keyboard and fretting about getting dinner done or getting out the door on time. That doesn't leave a lot of time for proofreading.

So, if you notice my typos, grammatical errors, awkward sentences, or whatever other error there may be in my writing, please extend me some grace while my daughter teaches me English. : )